This year, we’re embracing the slower pace of winter and our mantra is less rush, more cheer. More time with family and friends, more warm cups of tea, more long walks in the woods, and of course more time spent curled up with a good book. So, as the holiday season approaches, we’re back with more nature-inspired and uplifting reads. So whether you’re looking for the perfect gift for someone special in your life or are in need of some inspiration yourself, keep listening.

Show Notes:

• The Biophilic Leadership Summit
• Less Rush, More Cheer: What We’re Reading This Winter (Full List on Bookshop)
• How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks
• A Philosophy of Walking by Frederic Gros and John Howe
• Infectious Generosity: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading by Chris Anderson
• Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto by Kohei Saito
• All the Beauty in the World: THe Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
• Restorative Cities: Urban Design for Mental Health and Wellbeing by Jenny Roe and Layla McCay
• Georgia O’Keeffe & Henry Moore at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

The Biophilic Leadership Summit is the only multi-day conference entirely focused on biophilic projects, research & principles, bringing together top industry thought-leaders in an intimate natural setting to network, build partnerships and learn from each other.

Join us in Serenbe for the 7th Annual Summit on March 30 - April 1, 2025. Register today!

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#NatureHasTheAnswers

Does the natural world bear witness to history? What lessons can nature teach us about survival, adaptation, and connection? This week, we’re exploring those questions and so much more alongside Erin Sharkey. Erin Sharkey is the editor of A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing From Soil To Stars, an acclaimed anthology that weaves together history, personal narrative, and imaginative storytelling in order to explore the profound relationship between nature and Black identity. Each essay is connected through the use of archival objects, anchoring each piece to a shared past and nodding to the complicated history of nature writing as a discipline.

Erin is a writer, arts and abolition organizer, cultural worker, and film producer based in Minneapolis. She is the cofounder, with Junauda Petrus, of an experimental arts collective called Free Black Dirt and is the producer of film projects including Sweetness of Wild and Small Business Revolution. Erin is also a founding coop member of the Fields at Rootsprings, a retreat center that focuses on healing, learning, and connection for individuals, community and Earth and that centers BIPOC and LGBTQ+ artists, activists, and healers.

In this episode, we delve into the inspiration behind A Darker Wilderness, the intersections of race and ecology, and how Erin’s creative practice brings healing and hope to the communities she serves.

Show Notes

• A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing From Soil to Stars
• Erin Sharkey on Instagram
• Erin Sharkey Website
• The Fields at Rootsprings
• Rochester Arts Center

The Biophilic Leadership Summit is the only multi-day conference entirely focused on biophilic projects, research & principles, bringing together top industry thought-leaders in an intimate natural setting to network, build partnerships and learn from each other.

Join us in Serenbe for the 7th Annual Summit on March 30 - April 1, 2025. Register today!

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#NatureHasTheAnswers

This week, we’re diving deep into the interconnectedness of human health and planetary health. We know that nature provides us with a myriad of health benefits, both as individuals and socially. However, challenges like climate change and biodiversity loss also pose a dire threat to our species, from disease proliferation, unstable food systems, and even increasing crime rates.

Our guest today is Dr. Howard Frumkin. Dr. Frumkin is Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington and serves as the Director of the Trust for Public Land’s Land & People Lab. Dr. Frumkin is the co-editor of Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves.

In this episode, we discuss human habitats that are better for people and the planet, rectifying the gap between human progress and planetary degradation, and the inspiring, important work that Dr. Frumkin is doing at the Land & People Lab.

Shownotes

• Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves edited by Samuel Myers and Howard Frumkin
• Trust for Public Land
• The Land & People Lab
• Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner
• Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature Rich Life by Richard Louv
• National Nature Assessment
• COP29: What you need to know about the global climate summit

Key Words: climate, climate change, biodiversity, biodiversity loss, biophilia, biophilic design, public land, green space, climate solutions, local solutions, local politics, Howard Frumkin, nature, national nature assessment

The Biophilic Leadership Summit is the only multi-day conference entirely focused on biophilic projects, research & principles, bringing together top industry thought-leaders in an intimate natural setting to network, build partnerships and learn from each other.

Join us in Serenbe for the 7th Annual Summit on March 30 - April 1, 2025. Register today!

Biophilic Solutions is available wherever you get podcasts. Please listen, follow, and give us a five-star review.

Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn and learn more on our website.

#NatureHasTheAnswers